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May 27, 2026
Portillo's Hot Dogs LLC is fighting its factory workers' unionization at the Fifth Circuit, arguing that the workers only voted yes on Iron Workers representation because a nonprofit worker center promised that unionizing would secure them help with immigration paperwork.
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May 27, 2026
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday partially upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that a Vermont software company illegally fired an employee for creating a spreadsheet to help coworkers compare salaries, but found the board relied on protected activity unrelated to the subject of the complaint in the case to find the company illegally fired three other workers.
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May 27, 2026
A cannabis retailer challenging the constitutionality of a California law that requires marijuana businesses to have labor peace agreements with unions is urging the Ninth Circuit to consider its claims against the state on the merits rather than remanding the issue to a lower court.
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May 27, 2026
The Amazon Labor Union has urged a New York federal judge to reject Amazon's challenge to a law letting the state act for the National Labor Relations Board, saying the high court's bar on state laws that overlap with the board's territory no longer applies to the atrophied, compromised agency.
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May 27, 2026
Southwest's union asked a Texas federal court to bar the airline from accessing every text message of two of its members at the center of a suit alleging Southwest retaliated against union activity, saying that the airline failed to show why it should get complete access.
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May 27, 2026
A union-represented worker lost his job at the Port of Baltimore because he complained about his supervisor performing work designated for union members, the worker alleged in a lawsuit against his employer and union in Maryland federal court.
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May 26, 2026
A union-led coalition should not be allowed to pursue an expanded challenge to the Trump administration's reshaping of the federal workforce, the administration argued, telling a California federal judge that the lawsuit is turning into a "litigation safari."
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May 26, 2026
A Texas federal court decision permanently blocking the National Labor Relations Board from pursuing a case is the stiffest rebuke yet for an agency beset by constitutionality challenges, though it may prove to be an outlier even in a circuit filled with skeptics of the administrative state.
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May 26, 2026
General Electric Co. does not owe $230 million in pension obligations to construction employees covered by a boilermaker-blacksmith fund, the Eighth Circuit affirmed Tuesday, finding in a published opinion that GE qualified for a withdrawal liability exemption since "substantially all" of the employees worked in the building and construction industry.
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May 26, 2026
The National Labor Relations Board upheld an agency judge's decision to dismiss a complaint alleging that the U.S. Postal Service violated federal labor law by firing an employee who had previously asked for steward representation, ruling the worker was fired over attendance and conduct issues.
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May 26, 2026
A New York hospital has urged a National Labor Relations Board judge to dismiss allegations that it unlawfully implemented a new uniform policy without bargaining, saying the change was within its authority and that the dispute should have been handled through a contractual grievance process.
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May 26, 2026
Massachusetts-based drivers for ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft have won union representation, becoming the first crop of app-based drivers in the country with a certified bargaining representative.
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May 26, 2026
A New Jersey Superior Court judge refused to dismiss the state's discrimination lawsuit accusing an Ironworkers local of systematically passing over Black union members for job assignments, ruling that the claims are not time-barred or preempted by federal labor law.
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May 26, 2026
Gloucester, Massachusetts, officials were justified in bypassing a job candidate for a firefighter position based on some negative feedback, despite a "flawed" background investigation, an intermediate state appellate court said Tuesday.
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May 26, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed a Fourth Circuit order that had revived the immigration judges union's challenge to restrictions on their ability to speak publicly, finding the lower court abused its discretion by relying on arguments not raised by either party, and ordered further proceedings.
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May 26, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a Teamsters retiree's bid for review of the dismissal of his proposed class action alleging that union multiemployer plan trustees and advisers allowed risky investments and hefty plan management fees, leaving in place a Second Circuit decision from November.
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May 22, 2026
This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Google, Monsanto and the Trump administration, earning the attorneys recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2026.
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May 22, 2026
First Student Inc. on Friday dropped its lawsuit seeking to prevent a Teamsters local from participating in a threatened nationwide strike, putting an end to the case almost two months after the union and the school bus operator struck a deal halting the strike shortly before it was expected to proceed.
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May 22, 2026
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced a $580 billion five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill on Friday to fund roads, bridges, transit and rail improvement projects, and highway and motor carrier safety programs, and establish the first-ever federal regulatory framework for autonomous commercial vehicles.
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May 22, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent holding that multiemployer plan actuaries can retroactively change the assumptions used to calculate employers' withdrawal liability could increase the price tag for pulling out of those pension plans, attorneys say.
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May 22, 2026
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has asked an Oklahoma federal court to toss a lawsuit claiming that a former employee for a local branch of the union was stiffed on overtime and severance pay, arguing that the suit falls short in stating a claim against the international union.
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May 22, 2026
The National Labor Relations Board has backed an agency judge's order forcing an Illinois sprinkler installer to read to employees a notice of its federal labor law violations, ruling that the company's actions in response to a union organizing campaign justified the "extraordinary remedies."
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May 22, 2026
A nursing home operator has urged a Minnesota federal judge to vacate an arbitrator's order to restore a bonus program and repay workers, saying the arbitrator overreached by deciding a different issue than the union grieved.
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May 22, 2026
In the week ahead, the Second Circuit will consider Thompson Hine LLP's challenge to an order keeping a former partner's discrimination suit in federal court instead of sending it to arbitration. Here, Law360 looks at this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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May 22, 2026
In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a motion hearing in a discrimination collective action that job applicants are bringing against Workday Inc. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.